A flight attendant on the Alaska Airlines plane had to repeatedly punch the man before he let go of the woman’s hair, reports say.

A viral video caught the moment a flight attendant had to restrain a screaming passenger who was having a “violent medical episode” while latching onto a woman’s hair. The incident occurred on a domestic US flight from Oakland,

A male passenger aboard Alaska Airlines Flight 2221 experienced a psychotic episode, grabbing a woman's hair and refusing to let go. A flight attendant intervened forcefully, and the situation escalated until authorities arrived.